suggested reading

i’m always so hesitant to recommend books to anyone – reading preferences are such a personal thing. however this list below – while not exhaustive – certainly contains some of the books that i have found personally beneficial.

where the sidewalk ends, by shel silverstein

bird by bird: some instructions on writing and life, by anne lamott

the catcher in the rye, by j.d. salinger

gilead, by marilynne robinson

1984, by george orwell

on the road, by jack kerouac

as i lay dying, by william faulkner

a good man is hard to find, by flannery o’connor

les miserables, by victor hugo

eats, shoots & leaves, by lynne truss

the kite runner, by khaled hosseini

letters to a young poet, by rainer maria rilke

secrets in the dark: a life in sermons, by frederick beuchner

the cloud of unknowing

the sound of paper: starting from scratch, by julia cameron

a wrinkle in time, by madeleine l’engle

fahrenheit 451, by ray bradbury

blue like jazz, by donald miller

the road not taken and other poems, by robert frost

tickets for a prayer wheel, by annie dillard

notes to myself, by hugh prather

maps and legends, by michael chabon

the shadow of the wind, by carlos ruiz zafon

a tale of two cities, by charles dickens

ender’s game, by orson scott card

acedia & me: a marriage, monks, and a writer’s life, by kathleen norris